Poem of the Month – October 2023 – Stef Rozitis
The Poem of the Month for October 2023, selected by 2023 Anthology Editors, Maria Vouis and Rob Ferris, is Transtextuality by Stef Rozitis. The commended poems for October are Nature on the Table by Heather Nimmo, The Russet Room by Elaine Barker and Singing Lesson by Nigel Ford.
Transtextuality
Stef Rozitis
Politics is the whole point
fluid refusing to be grasped
avoiding sojourn in your killing jar.
I will not be pinned as a specimen
of this queer identity or that
instead,
I will be read only
as Lancelot, a shadow in the mirror of Shallot
I will be known through texts, excessive sex performances
a storm of answers.… Click for more